Seattle, WA: RAP SHEET EXPUNGE DETAILS

A rap sheet occurs whenever an individual is convicted of a criminal offense by a court. The criminal conviction will typically constantly stay on the person's state criminal record until a legal motion (request) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 prior to the very same court after a specific time period. For the majority of criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time duration is typically 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all financial commitments owed to the court have actually been totally pleased. And there must not be any new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests because the conviction sought to be vacated. If all these preconditions are met, the majority of local & district courts will typically grant movements to vacate a criminal conviction. That leads to the person no longer having a criminal record for that specific conviction.

A person whose criminal conviction is vacated might legally mention on future job applications that he/she has never had a criminal record.

Under RCW 9.96.060, an individual is restricted to only one holiday of a misdemeanor criminal conviction. Convictions for DUIs and certain misdemeanor sex criminal offenses can not be vacated.

Nonconviction data (police arrest records, prison booking records, finger prints/ pictures (mugshots) records, etc) take place whenever an individual is arrested/jailed but no criminal charges are ever submitted in court. Such nonconviction data are held by Washington State law enforcement agencies for many years. Regional arresting police agencies & the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA both keep nonconviction data.

Under RCW 10.97.060 and WAC 446-16-025, individuals might make written demands to expunge/delete such police nonconviction data. These demands must be made to both the regional arresting police company and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA. Such demands will typically be granted if there have actually been no charges within two years of the nonconviction data sought to be erased, and over 3 years have actually passed because the date of the old arrest 

The site for the Washington State Criminal History Section is http://www.wsp.wa.gov/crime/crimhist.htm.

Nonconviction data, like criminal conviction records, can likewise be utilized by property owners to reject rental housing/ apartment or condos and by companies to reject job applications, job promos, and so on. Secure your job and future. Call Seattle criminal record expungement legal representative attorney Paul Hanson to assist you clear your old court criminal record and old police criminal history. He'll assist vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old police criminal history, arrest records, finger prints, pictures and other nonconviction data.

The site for the Washington State Criminal History Section is http://www.wsp.wa.gov/crime/crimhist.htm.

Nonconviction data, like criminal conviction records, can likewise be utilized by property owners to reject rental housing/ apartment or condos and by companies to reject job applications, job promos, and so on. Secure your job and future. Call Seattle criminal record expungement legal representative attorney Paul Hanson to assist you clear your old court criminal record and old police criminal history. He'll assist vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old police criminal history, arrest records, finger prints, pictures and other nonconviction data.